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Page 12
... figure , and before emphasizing Jeffer- son's habits of dress in his own summarizing , descriptive evalu- ation , he takes care to point out the political importance that both Jefferson and his enemies attach to " his peculiar style of ...
... figure , and before emphasizing Jeffer- son's habits of dress in his own summarizing , descriptive evalu- ation , he takes care to point out the political importance that both Jefferson and his enemies attach to " his peculiar style of ...
Page 36
... figure have had little effect on prevailing opinion either in the scholarly com- munity or in popular lore . We seem almost bound to adopt a judicial attitude in the very act of imagining Mather's character and naming its traits , and ...
... figure have had little effect on prevailing opinion either in the scholarly com- munity or in popular lore . We seem almost bound to adopt a judicial attitude in the very act of imagining Mather's character and naming its traits , and ...
Page 83
... figure on the path , in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and exemplary old dame . 13 ยท The Devil has of course conjured this " figure , " which moves " with singular speed for so aged a woman , " and he appears to it in " the ...
... figure on the path , in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and exemplary old dame . 13 ยท The Devil has of course conjured this " figure , " which moves " with singular speed for so aged a woman , " and he appears to it in " the ...
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